never mind, I figured it out.
the answer was "man echo"
--Adam
On Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 12:11:38AM -0400, Paul Farber wrote:
> try adding \ at the end of each line.
>
> Paul D. Farber II
> Farber Technology
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> On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Adam D . McKenna wrote:
>
> > if I make a .qmail file that looks like this:
> >
> > | echo "Dear $SENDER,
> > Thank You for joining our e-newsletter. This e-mail is a confirmation that
> > you have been added to our e-newsletter mailing list.
> > "
> > | MAILNAME="Flounder.net autoresponder" qmail-inject $SENDER
> >
> > qmail says:
> >
> > 933825055.140515 delivery 18846: deferral:
> >
>/bin/sh:_-c:_line_1:_unexpected_EOF_while_looking_for_matching_`"'//bin/sh:_-c:_line_2:_syntax_error:_unexpected_end_of_file/
> >
> > Is there a way to span lines like this? I want to make autoresponders
> > without reading external files or spawning scripts... But I don't want the
> > entire e-mail to be on one line :) Even if I put \'s at the end of each
> > line, qmail-local treats all of the lines as separate commands. I know that
> > this is documented behavior.. What I want to know is if there is a way around
> > it.. :)
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > --Adam
> >
>
